Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
3,017 
223 
109 
119 
125 
786 
10 
55 to 59 years 
3,654 
283 
170 
157 
144 
1,040 
4 
60 to 64 years 
3,974 
360 
189 
140 
131 
1,205 
10 
65 to 69 years 
3,409 
263 
143 
117 
94 
1,163 
2 
70 years and over 
5,685 
463 
249 
239 
158 
2,101 
7 
Average age 
59.5 
58.6 
60.1 
60.9 
59.2 
61.4 
52.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) . 
270 
18 
10 
4 
6 
71 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
128 
15 
8 
11 
7 
33 
- 
Asian 
67 
- 
3 
- 
10 
11 
- 
Black or African American 
2,025 
267 
226 
52 
39 
562 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
22,954 
1,816 
820 
865 
748 
7,066 
50 
More than one race reported 
92 
2 
5 
8 
1 
29 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
3,834 
274 
134 
141 
122 
1,370 
7 
2 people 
13,243 
1,137 
590 
547 
422 
4,150 
20 
3 people 
3,723 
336 
165 
121 
131 
998 
18 
4 people 
2,902 
224 
117 
69 
77 
798 
10 
5 or more people 
1,564 
129 
56 
58 
53 
385 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
21,482 
1,435 
906 
785 
609 
6,696 
13 
25 to 49 percent 
1,121 
158 
44 
61 
44 
308 
6 
50 to 74 percent 
1,206 
251 
51 
48 
71 
334 
10 
75 to 99 percent 
731 
131 
26 
17 
43 
199 
8 
100 percent 
726 
125 
35 
25 
38 
164 
18 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
651 
74 
31 
27 
41 
191 
4 
acres 
470,710 
73,618 
7,367 
17,437 
17,035 
233,035 
658 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
16,870 
1,346 
712 
683 
617 
4,713 
40 
Dial-up service 
1,555 
125 
89 
68 
52 
395 
6 
DSL service 
7,921 
677 
340 
295 
285 
2,213 
16 
Cable modem service 
2,997 
242 
145 
140 
138 
904 
15 
Fiber-optic service 
757 
56 
29 
25 
18 
220 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,633 
252 
130 
162 
118 
962 
5 
Satellite service 
1,973 
162 
74 
81 
55 
573 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
17 
14 
5 
16 
55 
- 
Other Internet service 
187 
14 
11 
20 
7 
43 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
21,216 
1,593 
826 
794 
652 
6,492 
44 
2 households 
3,095 
401 
194 
107 
120 
841 
11 
3 households 
606 
64 
24 
29 
22 
225 
- 
4 households 
227 
26 
13 
4 
8 
86 
- 
5 or more households 
122 
16 
5 
2 
3 
57 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.. farms 
24,460 
2,011 
1,031 
909 
765 
7,405 
54 
acres 
4,460,442 
939,424 
78,485 
112,773 
74,113 
1,892,019 
34,543 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
1,604 
153 
42 
53 
112 
447 
- 
acres 
675,723 
212,195 
10,333 
12,791 
13,507 
246,762 
" 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
22,393 
1,806 
961 
843 
594 
6,767 
46 
acres 
3,409,872 
652,456 
59,003 
79,112 
39,574 
1,477,365 
(D) 
Partnership 
.. farms 
1,482 
166 
46 
31 
64 
517 
6 
acres 
849,702 
279,396 
12,627 
9,104 
15,479 
342,884 
12,850 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
1,022 
109 
33 
20 
57 
370 
5 
acres 
625,241 
195,792 
8,243 
7,427 
15,354 
278,177 
12,549 
Corporation 
.. farms 
1,108 
101 
40 
50 
133 
280 
2 
acres 
572,105 
105,787 
(D) 
26,250 
29,525 
240,609 
(D) 
Family held 
.. farms 
968 
76 
36 
47 
110 
260 
1 
acres 
488,941 
88,764 
12,868 
26,033 
19,319 
204,414 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
25 
2 
1 
- 
- 
19 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
943 
74 
35 
47 
110 
241 
1 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
140 
25 
4 
3 
23 
20 
1 
acres 
83,164 
17,023 
(D) 
217 
10,206 
36,195 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
